reeducation
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7.9
- noun
- /ˌriːˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪʃən/
- Offensive
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reeducación forzada
- Some Vietnamese still burden themselves with memories of the traumatic experiences from the war, the reeducation camps under the communist regime, or the refugee camps.
- reeducation camps
Genocide, concentration camps, thought reeducation camps, organ harvesting from live dissidents without anesthetic.
- Genocide, concentration camps, thought reeducation camps, organ harvesting from live dissidents without anesthetic.
Examples
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Two brothers were in the reeducation camps, but to my amazement, they have no hatred toward the victors.
Blog text (27) -
Many of those who remained in Vietnam endured poverty, oppression, forced labor, and "reeducation" camps.
Academic text (1991) -
Well, maybe I just need a little reeducation.
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And so commenced my reeducation, gentlemen.
Fiction book (2001) -
They went around to their houses real polite... ... and asked them to report the next day for political reeducation.
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In June 1975, thousands of South Vietnamese military and government officials had been detained and sent to various "reeducation camps" throughout Vietnam.
Academic text (1999) -
I believe you're slated for five years "reeducation" in the camps.
Blog text (34) -
Marxists, social democrats, and reformers of every stripe then underwent a chastening process of reeducation and emerged purged of their earlier confidence in the state.
Academic text (1994) -
Such true believers are good candidates for the kind of ideological reeducation undertaken by Task Force 134 in Iraq and by the prison-based deradicalization program in Saudi Arabia.
Academic text (2010) -
After the government takeover, many citizens were sent to reeducation camps to change their political beliefs.
Synonyms
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7.7
A way of forcing someone to change their beliefs by pressure or lies
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8.3
To teach people to accept beliefs without question
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9.1
Trying to make someone change their religion or beliefs
Teaching people a set of beliefs and stopping them from asking questions
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.9
A place where a government holds people and forces them to change their beliefs
- Formal
A program that teaches people new skills and helps them change their behaviour
How Coercive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reeducation comes from re- meaning 'again' and education meaning 'teaching' or 'training'. A helpful way to remember the political sense is to think of people being forced to be 'taught again' to change their beliefs, which is why it often means controlled or forced programs.